DALLAS, TX — Opera productions at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in the new AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas are opening to rave reviews — even before the fat lady sings. The reason: a chandelier controlled by custom rigging from J. R. Clancy.
Read More »WEST PALM BEACH — Fenton "Andy" Hollingsworth, 27, a lighting technician at the 300-seat Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse, part of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, was killed Dec. 3 after falling from a 30-foot-high catwalk.
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CHICAGO — Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD), designer Andy Henry and Gail & Rice worked together to provide lighting and video for a major automaker’s 2010 lineup, which was introduced over two days in Chicago at the Arie Crown Theater and McCormick Place.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. —The set for Prima Donna, a new opera written by Rufus Wainright and performed at this year’s Manchester Festival, was lit with 111 panels of EvenLED, a modular LED cyc backlighting system.
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NEW YORK — Rock fans savored two nights of performances marking the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th year at Madison Square Garden. U2, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Mick Jagger, James Taylor, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Joel, Metallica, Sting, Jeff Beck and Crosby, Stills & Nash were among the top artists performing.
Read More »NEW YORK — Continuing education in the live-event industry is typically expensive and is held at distant or inconvenient locations. Tinc Design & Productions aims to change that with the launch of Tinc Tuesdays.
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BELFAST, U.K. — Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied all lighting equipment and crew to the BBC Northern Ireland Children In Need event, staged at the Kings Hall in Belfast.
Read More »NEW YORK—ESTA members voted on products at the recent LDI show in Orlando, recognizing innovation in three categories: Expendable, Widget and Equipment. The 2009 winners were Rose Brand for its Robo Glue, Sapsis Rigging’s SRI ProPlus Crossover Fullbody Fall Arrest Harness and the LightConverse 3D Virtual Show Platform v40.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Working with LD Simon Barrington, DBN Lighting is supplying a full lighting system for The Warehouse Project series of dance events through Jan. 1 in the arches beneath Piccadilly Station.
Read More »LEUVEN, Belgium — Global brewer AB InBev has updated the façade of its headquarters building with a 23-square-meter DB-220 digital billboard from Barco. The LEDs flash company information, beer commercials and city announcements.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Adlib supplied lighting and sound production for a recent tour by The Maccabees. Adlib’s Andy Rowe operated a lighting design created by Ian Tomlinson. The rig varied from a floor-based specials package that was used in conjunction with the house systems at each venue to a full rig supplied by Adlib for the Brixton and Manchester Academy shows.
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Bernie Munzelle, an executive with Hitachi for over 30 years who served as national sales manager, died Nov. 26 from heart failure. He had recently… Read More »In Memoriam: Bernie Munzelle, 80
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